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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A union representing Dutch nurses will launch a national campaign Friday against demands for sexual services by patients who claim it should be part of their standard care.
Mousavi's Wife Says Iran Government Illegitimate
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The wife of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi called the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "illegitimate," the reformist Kaleme website reported Thursday.
Venezuela Murder - Rate Quadrupled Under Chavez: NGO
CARACAS (Reuters) - Homicides in Venezuela have quadrupled during President Hugo Chavez's 11 years in power, with two people murdered every hour, according to new figures from a non-governmental organization.
UK Troops to Hand Over to U.S. In Afghan District
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers will take over security from British troops in the Musa Qala area of southern Afghanistan as Washington builds up its force as part of a new counter-insurgency strategy, Britain said Thursday.
Medvedev Democracy Talk Faces Test In Russian Regions
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Maxim Petlin heads a prominent political party in a major Russian province straddling the Ural mountains, but he will not be on the ballot for regional parliamentary elections on Sunday.
South Africa May Face Power Cuts Without Loan
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa may need to enforce power cuts or raise electricity prices further if a disputed $3.75 billion loan from the World Bank is not approved, a senior government official said on Thursday.
U.S. Human Rights Report Hits China, Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China and Iran have stepped up their abuses of human rights, targeting both anti-government activists and the free flow of information over the Internet, the State Department said on Thursday.
Mexico Drug Gang Hushes Killings With News Blackout
REYNOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - A powerful drug cartel is buying off journalists in northern Mexico to work as spies and smother coverage of a spike in killings on the U.S. border in the latest attack on the media in Mexico.
Death Toll Hits 54 From Fighting In Somali Capital
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The death toll from two days of fighting in Somalia's capital between government forces and al Shabaab rebels has risen to 54, ambulance services said on Thursday as clashes subsided with both sides claiming successes.
Court Indicts Three Bosnian Muslims For War Crimes
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's war crimes prosecutor on Thursday indicted three former Bosnian Muslim soldiers over the killing of more than 20 Croat civilians and prisoners of war during the Muslim-Croat conflict in 1993.
London Court Grants Bail to Former Bosnian Leader
LONDON (Reuters) - A former member of the Bosnian wartime presidency, Ejup Ganic, who was arrested in Britain last week on suspicion of war crimes, was released on bail by the High Court in London on Thursday.
Mubarak Had Benign Tissue Removed
BERLIN (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had benign tissue removed during an operation in Germany and his overall condition continues to improve, according to a Heidelberg University Hospital medical bulletin on Thursday.
Chile Lifts Tsunami Alert on Coast After Tremors
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's navy lifted a tsunami warning for the country's coast after strong aftershocks shook the capital Santiago on Thursday, following the swearing in ceremony for new President Sebastian Pinera.
Sweden to Extradite Auschwitz Theft Suspect
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish man accused of masterminding the theft of the "Work sets you free" sign from the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz will be extradited to Poland, a Swedish district court said Thursday.
Mongolian Protestors Demand Health Minister Resign
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered in Ulan Bator's central Sukhbatar Square Thursday to demand the resignation of Mongolia's health minister for failing to curtail the spread of the H1N1 strain of influenza.
Six Afghans, South African Die In Afghan Violence
KABUL (Reuters) - Five Afghan civilians, four of them children, were killed in an explosion Thursday, and gunmen shot dead a South African construction contractor and his Afghan colleague in a separate attack, officials said.
Darfur Donor Meeting In March Eyes $2 Billion
CAIRO (Reuters) - A donor conference for Darfur this month is intended to raise $2 billion for infrastructure, health, water and other projects in the war-ravaged Sudanese region, the Egyptian hosts said Thursday.
Myanmar Lets Suu Kyi's Party Reopen Offices
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government has allowed the party of detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to reopen regional branch offices that have been closed since May 2003, a party spokesman said on Thursday.
Thai Troops Mobilized Ahead Of Anti - Government Protest
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand began mobilizing 50,000 security personnel on Thursday ahead of a mass rally by anti-government protesters who have vowed to bring the capital to a standstill if a new election is not called.
Thousands Protest Against Crackdown In South Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni forces launched an attack Thursday to recapture a government building occupied by separatists in the south of the country, setting off a gunfight that killed two people, a local official and witnesses said.
Secularist List Ahead In Two Iraqi Provinces
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A cross-sectarian, secularist alliance headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi is ahead in two Iraqi provinces north of Baghdad, early results from the country's electoral commission showed Thursday.
Urbanizing China Long Way From Residence Reform
BEIJING (Reuters) - They build the skyscrapers and lay the highways, mind the city children, sew the clothes and tend the shops, but China's army of migrant laborers are still fundamentally aliens in the country's bustling urban centers.
Hamas Frees British Journalist In Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) - A British journalist left the Gaza Strip Thursday after nearly four weeks in a Hamas-run Palestinian jail facing accusations of spying for Israel.
Myanmar Junta Annuls Election Held 20 Years Ago
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government on Thursday officially annulled the results of the country's 1990 general election, a poll it chose to ignore at the time when the main opposition party won by a landslide.
Police Clash With Protesters as Greeks Fight Cuts
ATHENS (Reuters) - Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in Athens on Thursday as tens of thousands of strikers protested against draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling Greece out of a debt crisis shaking the euro zone.
Three Shot Dead, Burned In Restive Thai South
PATTANI, Thailand (Reuters) - Unknown assailants shot dead three people and burned their bodies in Thailand's predominantly Muslim deep south, police said Thursday.
Australian Authors Protest China Visa Refusal
CANBERRA (Reuters) - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.
Ukraine's Yanukovich Gets Close Ally as PM
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's new prime minister, Mykola Azarov, declaring state coffers were empty, promised on Thursday to meet all obligations to the International Monetary Fund and push through a realistic 2010 budget.
Billionaire Pinera Takes Power as Quakes Rattle Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - As the ground shook and buildings swayed, conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera took office as Chile's president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding after a massive earthquake killed hundreds just 12 days ago.
Biden Appeals to Restart Peace Talks
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called for no delay in resuming peace talks, after Palestinians said Israel must cancel a settlement project before negotiations can begin.
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